The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-10-20
HlSCECCANE NEOUS.

representing heavenly bodies.
Police Oficial-'.Now, nv man,
what grounds of complaint have you
against your son?" Excited Father
Base ball grounds" - Nel0 Harefs-
Nelcs.
-Color-blindness is twice as common
among Quakers as it is among the rest
of the community, owing to their
having dressed in drab for generations
and thus disused the color sense.
The largest tug in the world. rs 10.
clsimed. has just been launched st n.
Bath (Me. } shipyard for the Knicker-
booker Tower Company. 1t is called
the B. w. Morse. is leo feet long. has a
Scotch compound engine of 1,200-horSee
power, and is of 200 tons.
For several years the little town of
Clanton. Ala, has been enjoying the
reputation of being the possessor of q
wonderful hot well. Recent invcstiga--
tiOns show the heat was caused by
steam from saw mill boiler passing
through the pipes to the jets which
We're under the water.
In ancient times buttons were used
but little. Clasps, hooks and eyes. and
various articles made of metal and
somewhat resembling scarf pins were
generally in fashion for fastening to-
gether the two edges of any dress.
Mr.. S.-'See here. my boy. Farmer
Brown doesn't like you to swing on his
gate" Precocious Boy (who has lately
been to Sunday schooD well, don't
care for Mr.. Brown, nor his man.
servant. nor his maid-servant, nor his
OK, nor his ass, nor anything that is,
his"
"A Schenectady plumbers boy
thought it would be nice to run down
hill in his three-wheeled cart. When
at its best speed the cart brought up.
against post, throwing the boy, char
coal. fire pot and everything else out,
breaking the cart and soaring q horse,
so that he ran away and smashed every
thing.
Mrs. James Furguson, of Chester
County, couldn't imagine what was.
stealing her young chickens, until she
happened to see a big frog from pond
near the barnyard catch a chick and
Jump into the water with it. The pond
was drained. many frogs were killed,
and the little chickens are safe.
The German system for pension
ing workmen in their old age will cause
a tax of three marks per year on all.
estimated at 7.257,0O0 marks. This
will give a State credit of about twenty
two million marks. WOrkmcn over
fifty years of age when the bill shall
have passed will be excluded.
1t is found that a good impression
of any article of metal having 4 fiat,
ornamental surface, may be taken by
wetting some note paper with the tongue
and smoking it over gas flame. The
article is then pressed upon the smoked
part. when. if the operation be carefully
conducted, clear impression is the re-
suit.
Within the last two years and n
half the number of national banks in
the South has increased 81 per cent. in
the Western States % per cent, while
in the Eastern and Middle States it has
been less than 3 per cent. During the
time mentioned 4j0 new national banks
have been organized in this country
Detroit Free Press.
"A resident of Bradford, Conn, is
the inventor of the automatic street.
lamp, which is run by clockwOrk.
When the right hour comes Il cap is
drawn over the wick leaving n small
blaze; the cap is lifted when the lamp
is needed again. Several of these are
in use in the streets of New London.
and 90 without any care for several
days. a large tank of oil supplying
them.
The family of John G. Russell. of
Brunswick, Me-. was considerably sur
prised the other evening when, from
an open fiue in the chimney, a stream
of swallows poured until the house was
actually full of them. They perched
on the pictures and the furniture, and
many of them clung with their claws
to TIE clothing of the members of the
family. They seemed to be quite tame,
and were with difficulty driven out.
In 1880 the number of persons re-
ceiving interest from registered United
States bonds was S0.S02. Since that
time $500, 900 of those bonds have
been paid off. and it is figured that the
number of holders have been reduced
to about 10000 OF these holders %, 613-
held between $50 and $500 each, and
52,S41 held less than $500 each. The
New England States held II per cent
of the whole. the Middle States 67 per
cent, the Western States Is per cent.
and the Southern States per cent.
"A man, apparently in perfect
health, was attacked with Il sudden dis
position to destroy. He took up 4 stick.
and, without discrimination. broke
everything that presented itself before
him. After short time he calmed
down and appeared to be restored to-
himself. He knew nothing of what he
had done. and became much irritateL
when shown the remnants Of the shat
tered articles. He was again seized
with the same frenzy and committed a
murder.-ChicagO Ne1CS.
One particular snake has made
himself famous. While the molds at
the Sergeant factory in this city were
resting in readiness to receive the
molten iron for stove doors. snake
,rau-Iod IN at the OueuinO. suuDOS;1o--